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REMINDER: Cisco, Verizon to Host Customer Webcast

^{Published on 2010-06-09 05:10:40 - Market Wire}
 

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - June 9, 2010) - Cisco (NASDAQ: [ CSCO ]) and Verizon Business will host a live webcast to unveil new findings from a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cisco and discuss new opportunities in [ managed and cloud services ] for service providers and enterprises. Key findings include:

• Global managed services growth will outpace technology growth in 2010 by more than double.
• The total global managed services opportunity will be $217 billion by 2014.

Join Ellen Daley, Forrester Research vice president; Will Scott, Cisco global director of managed solutions; and Joseph Crawford, Verizon Business executive director of IT solutions, for an online discussion on these major market trends.

Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010

Time: 8 to 9 a.m. (PDT) / 11 a.m. to noon (EDT)

To attend, please register, in advance, at:[ Cisco Verizon Business Webcast ]

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About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: [ VZ ]) (NASDAQ: [ VZ ]), is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with one of the world's most connected IP networks to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees -- enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest businesses and governments -- including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions -- rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business. Find out more at [ www.verizonbusiness.com ].

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